Learning Product Management

PM at Ola * Read through email and reply back on urgent emails, and that can be replied quickly * Park the emails in a separate folder that needs some more R&D, or interaction with other teams, or need to reply carefully * Check team chat to check if there are any queries that I need to answer and reply which I can do in 2 mins. Add to TO DO list that needs to be explained in detail * Prioritize the to do list, meetings, needing some R&D for the day * Head over to daily stand up meeting and clarify things to team or take up action items to reply back * Plan & do any interactions and updates to customer and schedule meetings if required/email where needed * Work with support teams in giving tasks, following up on tasks, and learning about the research made * Over lunch, Market research on your product, understanding where it is going, how competition is in, read through forums. * Work on personal tasks like UI/Mockups, market research, replies * Attend meetings o...

Plan for how you will become a good product manager * Enroll in a good product management basics course and learn in a structured way * Be part of online product management communities and be active in them * Read articles/blogs/discussion forums on product management * Use a case study to develop a product using the principles learnt. Identify the improvement areas and learn about them more * Have a blog on my learning, and ask questions in the communities and take help * Be in an active network of Product managers where learning are shared, and share your expertise. * Learn to further master the Ideation process, as it is a crucial step in success of a product manager * Learn to build different types of product roadmaps * Learn further on prioritization and build a checklist of factors on which they can usually prioritize the features of a product * Learn more about what marketing team does and how to be on or interact with the marketing team during the lifecycle of the ...